It's possible that the electricians don't want you to overload your generator. If your air conditioner or electric clothes dryer were to accidentally kick in, either one would severely overload your generator within milliseconds. You would either: blow the circuit breaker on the generator, shutting off all your power until you turn things off and reset the circuit breaker; or jerk the generator to a stop in a few revolutions, possibly damaging it, especially after repeated "panic shutdowns".
I can see why it would be better to only connect a few smaller loads to the generator, that always total less than the capacity of the generator. That would actually be more reliable, safer and less expensive for you than connecting to your whole house through a transfer switch.
Think "Fail-safe" rather than "Just enough to get by".
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulic Basics - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In the last entry to this series we gave a brief overview of hydraulic system theory, its basic components and how it works. Now lets take a look at some general maintenance tips that will keep our system operating to its fullest potential. The two biggest enemies to a hydraulic system are dirt and water. Dirt can score the insides of cylinders, spool valves and pumps. Wate
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